Hi, after my first film was destroyed by the lab I am still waiting for my second and third film.
So far I tried these films: Ektar 100, Portra 400, Kodak Ultramax 400, Kodak Gold 200. I also have the following empty films: Agfa APX 400, Kodak Color Plus 200, Vevia 100, Provia 100, Superia X-tra 400, Lomography Color Negative 800.
What are your favorite films?
Best
Anna
These days whatever is in stock at a reasonable price.
I liked the ports series, specially the 400 iso. But ultramax 400 is slightly more affordable for no real difference so I often pick that.
Iâm pleasantly surprised by Natura / Superia 1600 but it is not that cheap. Portra800 is technical impressive and I like it a lot but expensive.
I have lots of rolls or vista400 in the refrigerator with a collection I bought a year ago. But I donât come around shooting it these days.
I was less impressed with cinestill50, I do like cinestill800 but the halation effect can be hit or miss.
I really liked afga precision ct100x slide film (or whatever it was called, the latest version). But itâs not really available these days. I do have the new Kodak ektar e100, but wasnât really impressed.
I shot some rolls of the modem procia 100. Was nice, but no real special look or vibe . Just good pictures :).
Somewhere in the early days of my âfilm journeyâ I bought a bulk of âwittner 200â. A slide film recut / repurposes from something else. They mostly used it for super16 stock, but had cut a bunch in 35mm camera rolls. I really really liked the stuff, but they donât have it anymore and it was a supply they bought up⌠So itâs gone.
I did shoot a few rolls of f400h, and on one hand I wasnât impressed. On the other hand in my top10 pictures I took there are 3 on the stuff so who knows. Itâs gone now too mostly.
Never shot the Superia 100/200 stuff, it was gone before I started. Shit the 400 variant which still exists, and it produces nice pictures but nothing real special. Good technical film, less vibe :P.
Warmer/cooler and that stuff is dependant on how the film is scanned, not the film itself (Contrary to popular believe) so get stuff that is available and good for your budget.
A good read:
Does anybody know a 400 ISO film that is suitable for landscape and nature photography? Afaik the landscape films are Velvia and Ektar, however, they are ISO 100 films. I find ISO 100 very unflexible, especially since it is not difficult to recover blown highlights with film.
Mine fav is Agfapan 100 developed in HC110 dilution G.
Adox KB14.
âSpeedâ = 14 DIN, that is a trifle slower than ISO/ASA 25 
Oh, those were the daysâŚ
Why not shoot portra400 or Superia xtra400?
What makes âa landscape filmâ? If you want more saturation, just up the saturation?
Specially portra400 is pretty fine grained for a iso400 film.
Edit: ârecover blown highlightsâ. Well, the highlights wonât be blown that quick :), but they still compress. Donât expect endless detail in there. And this recovery process is during the scan processing. If you let a lab handle that, you are in their hands as what they do and if they donât just press the auto button. Scanning yourself is mostly the answer here.
And velvia is a slide film, no much range there :).
I know. I did not plan anything else.
I havenât shot with film for a long time. Back in the day, my favorite was Kodachrome 25, followed by Kodachrome 64. The colors!